Magazine torpedo-cane.



.No. 709,457. Patented Sept. 23, I90124} J. B. ALLEN.

MAGAZINE TOBPEDO CANE.

(Application am my 19, 1902.)

(No Model.) I

UNITED STATES JXTENT FFICE.

JAMES B. ALLEN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO JAMES H. BEVIN'GTON, OF CLEVELAND,

OHIO.

MAGAZINE TORPEDO-CAN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,457, dated September 23, 1902.

I Application filed May 19, 1902. Serial No. 107,919- (No model.)

I Canes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to canes which, besides the purpose of serving as walkingsticks, are adapted tocause amusement and attraction by the explosion of torpedoes sup- I plied from a magazine contained in the same.

The inventionconsists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical axial section through the cane. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical axial section through the upper portion of the cane containing the magazine. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line x 00, Fig. l.

A is the body of the-cane, made with a central bore extending from end to end. This body may be of wood and is preferably made in halves glued together.

C is a knob secured to the upper end of the cane and is provided with a bore D, in axial line with the bore of the cane, and preferably with a depression E in the top.

F is a magazine-tube adapted to receive and hold a number of torpedoes G. This magazine is slidingly supported in the bore of the cane by a coil-spring H, sleeved upon it, and inclosed in an enlargement of the bore of the knob by shoulders a b, respectively formed on the magazine and on thecane.

The upper end of the magazine is closed and normally projects into the depression of the knob. Its lower end is also closed, such closed end being inclined.

The magazine-tube is longitudinally guided by means'of a projection c engaging into a recess din the bore of the cane or in any other suitable way.

The magazine-tube is provided with two lateral openings e e, the latter near the inclined bottom of the tube, and the cane is correspondingly provided with two openin gs f f, adapted to register with the openings in the tube when the latter is depressed into the cane. The openings 6 e and ff are of suitable size to permit the passage of the torpe does, so that by registering the openings e andfthe magazine may be charged. In the same manner the torpedo lying at the bottom of the magaine is caused to enter into the openingf, and subsequently when the magazine-tube is allowed to resume its normal position it escapes into the bore of the magazine and drops to the bottom thereof, owing to the opening f being inclined toward the bore. The opening f may be a mere cavity formed on the inside, or a platef may be secured over it, and by making this plate removable, so that it will form a lid or cover, the openings ef may also serve as means for charging the magazine, dispensing with the necessity of having the openings e and f.

To the bottom of the cane is secured the exploding mechanism, consisting of a spherical casing I, formed with nipples M on its upper and lower sides, respectively, the former serving as means for securing the casingto the lower end of the cane and the latter as a vertical guide-bearing for the firing-pin J, which projects loosely out through the nipple and is vertically guided by means of a transverse pin is, engaging in vertical slots Z, which slots extend up into the body and serve as exhaust-ports.

The firing-pin is provided on its top with a concave seat in. for the torpedo, and above this the case is provided with abridge 97,, cast integral with the case. This bridge is rounded off upon its upper side and divides the interior of the case into an upper and lower chamber communicating through openings 0, all so arranged that as the torpedo drops down through the bore of the cane it will be guided around the bridge into the seat on top of the firing-pin, which latter when the cane is not supported on the ground is held by its weight sufficiently below the bridge to permit the entrance of the torpedo beneath this bridge, so that by tapping the cane smartly upon the ground the torpedo will be exploded. It will be seen that by holding the knob of the cane in one hand the thumb is entirely free to actuate the magazine for feeding a torpedo therefrom to the exploding mechanism, while at the same time the magazine does not project above the knob to interfere with the natural use of the cane for walking, nor is there any danger of accidentally operating the magazine. At the same time the exterior of the cane affords no clue to its nature, and the weight is so concentrated at the lower end that the explosions are produced with certainty, the torpedoes to be used with this cane being of the kind which will explode by concussion and made in the form of balls.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a torpedocane, the combination with the cane-body having a bore extending from end to end and carrying at its lower end an exploding device communicating with said bore, of a vertically-sliding magazine-tube in the upper end of said bore closed at the bottom andnormally projecting with its upper end through the top of the cane, a spring supporting said tube in said normal position free to be depressed into the bore of the cane by pressing upon the projecting end of said tube, a lateral discharge-orifice at the end of the tube near the bottom, a cavity in the body of the cane adapted to register with the aforesaid orifice when the magazine-tube is depressed and to receive a torpedo from said tube and discharge the same into the bore of the cane and means to charge the magazinetube with torpedoes.

2. In a torpedo-cane, the combination of a cane-body having a knob at its upper end provided with a central depression and with a bore extending from end to end through said knob and through the entire body of the cane, an exploding device at the lower end of the cane-body and communicating with said bore, a magazine-tube closed at the ends and provided intermediate its length with an in let-orifice for charging the tube and near its bottom with a lateral discharge-orifice, a coilspring sleeved upon the tube and slidingly supporting the same in the upper end of the bore, with the upper end of the tube projecting normallyinto the depression in the knob whereby vsaid tube may be actuated by depressing it with a finger, an orifice in the side of the cane registering with the charging-orifice of the tube when the tube is depressed and a pocket in the cane-body communicating with the bore of the cane below the magazine-tube and adapted to register with the discharge-orifice of said tube while the latteris depressed.

3. In a torpedo-cane the combination with. the cane-body provided with a central bore and haviuga magazine-tube in its upper end for discharging torpedoes into said bore, of an exploding device at the lower end of the cane-body consisting of the spherical casing I formed with nipples ij, the former for securing the casing to the end of the cane-body through which the casing communicates with the bore of the cane, a firing-pin slidingly guided in the nipple j and projecting with its lower end throughsaid nipple and with its upper end into the bottom of the casing, said upper end formed with a concave seat m and a bridge n extending crosswise in the casing above the firing-pin and forming an abutment between which and the firing-pin the torpedo is adapted to be exploded, said bridge rounded upon its upper side and adapted to guide a torpedo into the seat of the firing-pin.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES B. ALLEN. Vitnesses:

Lnwts'E. FLANDERS, OTTO F. BARTHEL. 

